Automatic pill inspection apparatus
Inactive Publication Date: 2017-09-07
DAEYONGPHARMATECH
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The present disclosure provides an automatic pill inspection apparatus that can inspect various sizes and shapes of pills and capsules quickly and without a loss through a pill alignment and transfer unit. The apparatus has a relatively simple structure and includes a pill supply unit, which allows pills to be seated in a vacant pill reception concavity during operation. The apparatus can inspect the exterior and all surfaces of pills, improving productivity and efficiency. The whole structure of the apparatus becomes simple and efficient, allowing for quick supply of products.
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Accordingly, since a plurality of cameras need to be provided in the respective inspection drums to photograph the whole exterior of the pill, there are limitations in that the whole structure is complicated and time taken for inspection becomes longer.
Accordingly, when a large number of pills needs to be inspected at one time and some pills cannot lie flat in the pill reception concavity, time taken for inspection may increase and thus the productivity may be reduced.
Also, the efficiency may be reduced in regard to the overall operation of the apparatus.
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[0034]Hereinafter, an automatic pill inspection apparatus according to various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, it is also noted that like reference numerals denote like elements in the drawings. For explanation of the presently described embodiments, detailed descriptions related to well-known functions or configurations will be ruled out in order not to unnecessarily obscure subject matters of the present embodiments.
[0035]As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic pill inspection apparatus according to an embodiment may include a pill feeder 10 supplying pills P, a pill supply unit 100 aligning and transferring the pills P one by one, and a pill alignment and transfer unit 200 for transferring the pills P such that one side surface and the other side surface of the transferred pill P are sequentially exposed.
[0036]Meanwhile, for convenience of explanation, medicine having various shapes such as flat cylindrical shapes, disc-like sh...
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Provided is an automatic pill inspection apparatus including: a pill feeder supplying pills; a pill supply unit, aligning and transferring pills supplied from the feeder; and a pill alignment and transfer unit, determining and transferring pills such that side surfaces of the pill are sequentially exposed. The apparatus further includes: an upper side surface sensing camera disposed at one side of the upper drum to inspect the upper side surface of the pills; and a post-inversion sensing camera disposed at one side of the lower drum to inspect the lower side surface and the respective side surfaces; and the pills determined as defective according to an inspection result of the upper side surface sensing camera and the post-inversion sensing camera are selectively released into a first supplied pill release box by compressed air, and the pills determined as normal are released into a normal pill release box.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This U.S. utility patent application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of international application PCT / KR2015 / 009601, filed Sep. 14, 2015, and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0111836, filed Aug. 7, 2015, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD[0002]The following disclosure relates to an automatic pill inspection apparatus.BACKGROUND[0003]Generally, a pill inspecting apparatus is used for final shipment of products after drugs such as pills and capsules undergo an exterior inspection process.[0004]As examples of existing pill inspecting apparatuses, disclosed are many inventions including Patent Document 1 entitled “Drug Inspection Device and Drug Inspection Method (Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2014-0045987)” and Patent Document 2 entitled “Exterior Inspection Device for Soli...
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CPCG01N21/9508G01N2035/046G01N35/04
InventorYOO, PIL SANG
OwnerDAEYONGPHARMATECH